Spring Gift Guide for Graduates and Young Professionals

Much like the holidays, it’s a prime time for gifts—and gift
guides. But shopping for graduates and young professionals
might not be as simple or easy as it might have seemed in years
past. Frankly, a fancy pen won’t cut it anymore, especially if
countless studies are accurate that millennials and members of
Generation Z prefer “experiences” and services over tangible
objects. That said, that could be because younger consumers are
more concerned with a purchase’s utility and longevity rather
than having something that sparks joy for a few days or weeks.

Thus, here’s a gift guide curated for those setting off on
their own and into the workforce, with an emphasis on function,
practicality, and usefulness.

Moving Services

After finishing college, now comes the hard part: finding a
place to live. (And yes, finding a place to work, but let’s
focus one issue at a time here.) Then comes the next hard task:
moving. There comes a certain point in one’s life when you have
to stop asking your friends to help you move and hire movers.
After a comparative pricing and booking website for moving
services, debuted a few years ago and is still seemingly under
the radar. (Case in point: I brought it up with several
decade-long residents of New York City—arguably one of the
hardest cities in the world to move to, from, or around—none of
whom had heard of it.) Well, secret is out: is one of the easiest ways to
find a mover save someone you know and trust actually telling
you face-to-face. You simply plug in all of your inventory as
well as details about your current and next residence (i.e. Is
there an elevator? How many flights of stairs are in your
walk-up building?), and the system gives you a quote, which
locks in only two days before your move and really fluctuates
based on your inventory, not anything else. Note that UnPakt is
not an actual moving company itself. They connect you with more
than 600 local moving services in 47 U.S. states. That said,
they do the heavy lifting (pun intended) when it comes to
coordinating your move as well as if you have a (nearly always
inevitable) damages claim after.

Framing

Framing the diploma is a basic but obligatory task. After years
of work (and thousands upon thousands of dollars), that piece
of paper deserves a proper home in a dignified frame—not just
something you pick up at the local hardware store. That said,
you don’t have to rely on just the college bookstore for
suitable and sophisticated options. A number of online framers,
such as and
, offer a variety of
frames, customizable down to the frame size, material, matting,
and delivery. Shoppers can opt to upload the prints they want
framed or, as in the case of diplomas, either mail the diploma
to the respective company for mailing and return or just have
an empty frame measured to size sent to the buyer.

Towels

In the year 2019, even towels—among the most mundane of
household goods—.
Specifically, the quantity of how many one should have at any
given time. Turns out , but what about the *quality* of your towels. There
might not be anything else that induces the feeling of a fresh
start more than towels. (Except bedding, but more on that in a
minute.) Enter Weezie, a new luxury direct-to-consumer towel
company based in Savannah, Ga. and founded by two women: a
former creative director at along with
a New York-based angel investor and veteran. To say these cotton towels are
fluffy is an understatement. They’re unbelievably soft and,
most importantly, super absorbent. Perhaps the most useful are
the navy-hued hand towels, perfect for removing makeup or face
masks without ruining your washcloths. SRP:
with four bath towels and two hand towels starts at $230.

Bedding

You might have seen this bedding advertised on the subway. Or
on Instagram. It’s everywhere. But far from the D2C, social
media-friendly bedding brands that are bent on selling one
thing and one thing only, Parachute has goods to outfit an
entire home, from the kitchen to the bathroom to the living
room to the bedroom. Among its newest offerings is the cloud
cotton duvet cover set, an airy fabrication made from 100%
Turkish cotton. Light and fluffy, it’s summer’s answer to the
weighted blanket. Most importantly, it’s machine-washable.
Buyers are treated to free shipping and returns as well as a
90-day trial. SRP: .

Mattress

Direct-to-consumer mattresses is a big business these days, but
there are so many options now that they could collectively fill
out a mattress showroom of their own. The mattress is a dense memory
foam mattress, which promises to “cradle” its guests in every
direction. Specifically designed to be medium-firm, it’s is
recommendable for sleepers with lower back pain. Nectar also
offers one of the longest, if not the longest, free trial
period of the bunch: 365 days. Nectar provides free shipping
and returns, and a white glove service is available for taking
your old mattress away while dropping off your new one.
SRP: . More
options available.

Small Space Furniture

Chances are that a new graduate and younger professional
without a disposable income is going to be moving into a very
small space. That could mean a studio or a multi-bedroom
apartment divided up into even more bedrooms. One way to make
the most of a small amount of space is multi-purpose
furniture—or better yet, furniture with multiple
configurations. Perhaps the most economical (when it comes to
space, albeit not price tag) is the wall bed, also known as a
Murphy bed. You can’t find these at Ikea, but a number of
online sellers——have a bevy of options in bed size, color,
attachable furniture, such as a cabinet or nightstand. Truly a
bedroom in a box (or a few boxes delivered together). But given
that this is not Ikea furniture, Murphy beds are not easy to
assemble. Thus, another gifting idea this time comes in the
form of services, such as TaskRabbit or Handy.com. Whether it
be for assembling furniture or hanging frames on the wall, you
can easily reserve and in chip in for a few hours of
professional handiwork with minimal work on your own part.

For new apartment dwellers who also want to shun the standard
Ikea (or even CB2 or West Elm) furniture aesthetic, a number of
D2C furniture brands are sprouting up, promising a palette of
customizable options from the paint and print to fixtures.
, a Bay Area-based
startup, is hawking all of the apartment basics (seating,
storage, and tables) with dozens upon dozens of options of
which customers can configure. It’s almost a bit dizzying, but
for the truly creative types who want something beyond white,
black or birch tree, it’s a dream. Inside Weather also promises
that you don’t need professionals to assemble its products,
which ship free and buyers have a 365-day free trial should
something not be satisfactory.

Tea Sampler Set

Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that bring the most
joy. Tea certainly fits into that category—not to mention it’s
one of the few gifts that seems to satisfy just about anyone.
Matcha is still as popular with younger consumers as ever, but
if you want something a bit elevated, Tea Forté’s matcha gift
set truly dives deep into the Japanese art of preparing matcha
green tea. Matcha, a finely ground powder of green tea leaves,
dissolves in water or steamed milk, dairy or non-dairy. The
gift set is a sophisticated introduction to proper, ceremonial
tea with one ceramic tea bowl, one measuring ladle, and one
bamboo whisk.

Tea Forté’s single-serve pouches—in five blends: chocolate,
chai, coconut, ginger, and pure matcha—are also extremely
portable and travel-friendly for anyone in a rush or constantly
on-the-go. There are 30 of these in the sampler set.
SRP: .

Business Card Holder

An old graduation standard, but it’s a classic for a reason.
Despite smartphones and countless apps that have tried, nothing
has quite replaced the paper business card in networking. But
not only do the business cards make an impression, but the card
holder often does as well. But again, this doesn’t have to be
boring. Leatherology offers , carrying up to 30 business
cards or a dozen credit cards if you want to go for a petite
wallet, which can be customized by color as well as
monogrammed.

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